Transformations of Circe

THE HISTORY OF AN ENCHANTRESS

By: Judith Yarnall

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Paperback | 16 March 1994

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Beginning with a detailed study of Homer's balance of negative and positive elements in the Circe-Odysseus myth, Judith Yarnall employs text and illustrations to demonstrate how Homer's Circe is connected with age-old traditions of goddess worship. She then examines how the image of a one-sided "witch," who first appeared in the commentary of Homer's allegorical interpreters, proved remarkably persistent, influencing Virgil and Ovid. Yarnall concludes with a discussion of work by Margaret Atwood and Eudora Welty in which the enchantress at last speaks in her own voice: that of a woman isolated by, but unashamed of, her power.

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"A fascinating, beautifully written study." -- Barbara F. McManus, coauthor of Half Humankind: Contexts and Texts of the Controversy about Women in England, 1540-1640.

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Non-Fiction Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Literary Theory Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Homer's Story	p. 9
Where Did Circe Come From?	p. 26
From Myth to Allegory	p. 53
The Legacy of Allegory	p. 79
Renaissance Circes	p. 99
Spenser, the Witch, and the Goddesses	p. 127
The Lovelorn Temptress	p. 145
Whore and Femme Fatale	p. 163
Her Voice	p. 182
Conclusion: Transformations	p. 194
Notes	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 239
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